Aamir Khan who will be next seen in 'Dangal' has already completed the shoot for the same and is currently working with director Nitesh Tiwari on the music of the film at his house in Panchgani but that didn't stop the actor from working and preparing for other roles as well.

Reportedly, Aamir is all set to play a music mentor in a film directed by his former manager, Advait Chandan. The film will also mark the directorial debut of Advait.

Aamir is said to be playing a small but pivotal role in the film.

The actor has reportedly requested Nitesh Tiwari for eight days to complete the cameo in Advait's film.

1 Sep 2016

Pink, which revolves around three girls trapped in a criminal case, stars Amitabh Bachchan as a lawyer. It is scheduled for release on September 16.

Mumbai, Aug 31: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be back on the small screen as a host for a special episode of the TV show Savdhaan India. He was last seen hosting Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi in 2015. According to a source in the know-how, the actor will host the Life OK show as a part of the promotional activity for his forthcoming film Pink. ”He is going to shoot for a new campaign for the show.

Debutant director Nitya Mehra today said they had no issues with the censor board on a scene involving Katrina Kaif in the romantic drama film 'Baar Baar Dekho'. "There is no scene in the film with Katrina wearing a bra so it can't be cut. It is a clean film. It has got a UA certificate," Mehra told reporters when asked about reports that the board had asked them to cut certain scenes.

She said it's a certificate board and not a censor board and there is no controversy as of now. Actor Sidharth Malhotra said no scenes have been cut and there is no change in the story of the film which will release as scheduled on September 9.

Move over destination weddings – Wedding on Wheels is here! Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of Indian Railways, has introduced a service that offers the ability to hold weddings aboard luxury trains.

As couples all over the world and especially in lavish wedding-obsessed India look for unique locations where they can take their marriage vows, IRCTC has jumped on to the bandwagon in order to add to the revenues of Indian Railways.

It will offer wedding experiences with five star facilities, decor and food aboard luxury or semi-luxury trains, while chugging around the Indian countryside.

Source: themaharajas.com

IRCTC operates one of the most luxurious train in the world – the Maharaja Express, which offers an 8 day tour covering the palaces and forts of Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore, Jaipur, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Udaipur, and Balasinor.

But Indian Railways and several state tourism boards also run other luxury trains – such as Palace on Wheels, Deccan Odyssey, Golden Chariot, and Royal Rajasthan on Wheels – which will also be available to host weddings.

Source: themaharajas.com

Couples and wedding planners will be able to customise different wedding packages on offer from IRCTC. They can choose luxury or semi-luxury coaches, travel circuits, food, number of guests, and decoration. Spas and saunas too will be available for the real luxury-seekers. Cost will depend on the facilities used.

“It’s similar to offering everything one could expect during a wedding held in a hotel, resort or farmhouse. There will be the best of everything, managed by experts to make it one of the most memorable events for the bride, groom and their families,” a Railways official told New Indian Express. “We are finalising the finer details and will launch these packages on demand. We are hoping it’s a huge success,” the official added.

IRCTC hopes to attract NRIs, foreigners and other couples looking for the quintessential Indian wedding experience to come aboard its Wedding on Wheels journey.

31 Aug 2016

Ranveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor both have developed this unique and apparently 'fashionable' way to promote themselves

You will be shocked to see what they do to prove their fondness for themselves

Ranveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor are two of the most handsome hunks of Bollywood and they do not need to flaunt themselves. So when such top actors indulge in self promotion, we are a bit taken aback for obvious reasons. Celebs like Ranveer and Ranbirdo not need to tell us how famous they are coz that’s a known fact and there is no denial there. While we can understand if an actor promotes a brand that he endorses but promoting themselves becomes a bit odd, isn’it ?

She is the daughter of superstar Rajinikanth and the wife of actor Dhanush.

But Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush has carved an identity of her own as a director in Tamil cinema and now she takes on the role of UN Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India. In an exclsuive conversation with Firstpost, Aishwaryaa spoke about her new role, women’s issues and more.

Sushant Singh Rajput spared no effort in preparing for his role in 'MS Dhoni : The Untold Story'. Besides spending hours studying the Indian cricketer's playing style and behaviour during the game, the actor dedicated a lot of time to practise his shots on the ground, particularly his famous 'helicopter shot'.

Interestingly, to get into the character, Sushant practised at the same ground in Chandigarh where Dhoni would go for his sessions.

30 Aug 2016

New York: A new therapy that involves engineered gut bacteria may one day help reduce the health problems associated with obesity, suggests new research.

The researchers found that incorporating the engineered bacteria into the guts of mice both kept them from gaining weight and protected them against some of the negative health effects of obesity.

"Some day in the future, it might be possible to treat the worst effects of obesity simply by administering these bacteria," said lead researcher Sean Davies, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, US.

Doctors in UK had to stop heart of a 9-month-old baby for 15 hours to do a life-saving surgery.

The baby also had to be starved for 10 days after an infection left his bowel on the verge of busting.

His chest had been left open for seven days as his heart was so swollen. (Representative image)

LONDON: A nine-month-old baby in the UK, born with a large hole in his heart and faced certain death has survived a marathon surgery when doctors stopped his tiny heart for 15 hours for a life-saving procedure.

Looks like the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Pink, a film that aims to bring awareness about crimes against women, is already changing minds - even before its release. The Central Board of Film Certification has reportedly demanded just “four verbal cuts” in the movie for it to receive a U/A certificate.

These four verbal cuts are: ‘Phaad de unki’, ‘Ra***’, ‘Bi***’ and ‘Sa***’, a DNA report claimed. The film’s “commitment to projecting the urban Indian woman’s predicament in a patriarchal society” impressed the board.

After a couple of box office disappointments like Phantom (2015) and Fitoor (2016), Katrina looks set to reclaim her place in the spotlight with Baar Baar Dekho, which is being buzzed about because of her hit Kaala chashma number, her stunning bikini body and her easy chemistry with Sidharth. No matter what she is going through in her personal life, Katrina is making sure that she gives 200% in all the work that she is doing. The star opens up about love, work and her future.

29 Aug 2016

Ashwani Kumar Upadhyaya, a 47-year-old Indian Railways engineer, recently won an award for his innovative idea of developing caterpillar trains — a network of lightweight, elevated train coaches that will run at speeds up to 100 km/hr and will take passengers even to the residential areas. Ashwani, who is a 1997-batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, is posted at the Centre for Railway Information Systems in New Delhi and is currently on a study leave as a PhD scholar in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. He won in a global competition on innovations that was organised by MIT and had about 500 entries. Ashwani came up with this idea with a fellow PhD scholar Emil Jacob.

The caterpillar train is named so because the idea is to install wheels both above and below the coaches. This way, they will be able to run on the tracks as well as hang from them. The tracks would be supported by poles bent to form arches.

Artist’s impression of the Caterpillar train. Source: Facebook

The whole system will run on electricity and the coaches will also have a backup battery to be used in case of emergencies such as a power failure. Every coach will have the capacity to seat 20 people and their small size will help them reach residential areas too. The small size is also supposed to allow trains to be vertically stacked at the depot.

The station for caterpillar trains will be a simple platform to be reached via elevators. A console on the train would allow passengers to pick stations. The most surprising thing about this radical urban transport system is that it would cost a fifteenth of the conventional metro rail system.

“Currently, all urban mass transit systems are developed on the hub-and-spoke concept — the transport system is the hub and users have to travel from various parts of the city and converge there to use it. But the C-Train goes wherever there is at least a five-metre road,” Ashwani told The Indian Express. The competition, organised by MIT’s Centre for Collective Intelligence, offers a crowd-sourcing platform for people to create ideas and proposals on how the issue of climate change can be addressed.

Ashwani now plans to educate eminent academicians and town planners about the benefits of the C-Train at an upcoming conference to be organised by MIT in September.

The deployment of the Mars 2020 rover will be the next step in their "Journey to Mars". Credit: NASA

NASA’s Mars Exploration Program has accomplished some truly spectacular things in the past few decades. Officially launched in 1992, this program has been focused on three major goals: characterizing the climate and geology of Mars, looking for signs of past life, and preparing the way for human crews to explore the planet.

And in the coming years, the Mars 2020 rover will be deployed to the Red Planet and become the latest in a long line of robotic rovers sent to the surface. In a recent press release, NASA announced that it has awarded the launch services contract for the mission to United Launch Alliance (ULA) – the makers of the Atlas V rocket.